Jar

30-12-186

Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries

From: Iraq | Ur

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 30-12-186
Current Location Middle East Galleries - On Display
Provenience Iraq | Ur
Locus Early Dynastic III, c. 2500 (Royal Cemetery)
Period Early Dynastic III
Date Made ca. 2500 BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic
Description

7th expedition. UE II Clay vessel type 106, Pl. 257

CBS Register: no field number. clay bottle. Neck and shoulder painted black. Incised comb marks on body.

UE II p. 388 Woolley remarks type as foreign to Ur tradition. A hard brown biscuity ware with thin walls deeply grooved or ridged. The Tabular Analysis shows that this type came from four of the Royal Tombs: 1054, 1236, 1631, 1648. None of these vessels were given field numbers, but our example undoubtedly is one of these.

Length 23 cm
Outside Diameter 16 cm
Credit Line British Museum/University Museum Expedition to Ur, Iraq, 1930
Other Number B17905 - Old Museum Number

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